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Coimbatore: The city police arrested a 44-year-old Nigerian national on Monday for attempting to exchange counterfeit currency notes with a face value of $1,820 at Muthoot Fincorp in Gandhipuram.
The arrested person was identified as Nathan Ikechukwu Okubor from Agbor town of Delta State in Nigeria. “He is a garment exporter and used to visit India frequently. On Monday, around 11.30am, he visited Muthoot Fincorp branch with the notes and demanded Rs 1.40 lakh. The firm’s assistant manager, who checked the notes, found out that they were fake and contacted Kattoor (crime) police,” a police officer said.
Okubor told inspector Sujatha that he had received the notes from a person while he was at the Gujarat Airport last month. He was remanded in judicial custody and was taken to Puzhal Central Jail in Chennai.